|
Jayne Young Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist (OT) |
 |
|
Ruth Ayres Senior Occupational Therapist (OT) |
 |
|
Rachel Emerson Generic Therapy Assistant (GTA) |
 |
|
Henrietta Tully Generic Therapy Assistant (GTA) |
 |
|
Katie Pargeter Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) |
 |
Let's Make Sense Together
Let’s Make Sense Together is a virtual service that has been developed by our Occupational Therapists. It is part of our sensory processing pathway, supporting children and young people who have a physical and functional difficultly due to sensory processing differences.
Visit the Let's Make Sense Together, Healthier Together website for further information and support for children and young people with sensory processing differences.
We accept referrals from medical professionals such as GPs, paediatricians, and other therapists.
Please use this referral form: Let's Make Sense Together referral form.
Once the referral is received, it will be triaged by one of our occupational therapists (OT) to check we are the right service to help.
You will get a telephone appointment with one of our generic therapy assistants, who will talk you through how to access all the advice and support we have. You will be advised to follow this information over a 3-month period and. if you still require more help during this time, you can contact the department for further support and advice.
Should you require any more support from Speech and Language Therapy, please access their request for help line. See Speech and Language Therapy contact details here.
Our advice is available to all. We have put together a series of videos to help parents, carers, teachers, and others who support children with sensory processing differences. We also have a range of helpful advice sheets and links to other support and information.
Video resources
Our Let's Make Sense Together video resources are all available to view on our Let's Make Sense Together YouTube playlist.
Advice links
We have collated a list of useful resources and links for support and information.
For parents
- Humber and North Yorkshire Healthier Together
- ADHD UK - provides support and information about ADHD
- The National Autistic Society - provides support and information about autism
- Autism and communication (The National Autistic Society)
- Caudwell Children - provides practical and emotional support for disabled and autistic children
- Caudwell Children's charity-funded sensory packs
- The Sleep Charity
- Newlife - the UK's largest provider of specialist equipment for disabled children
- Newlife's play therapy pods
- ERIC - a national charity dedicated to improving children's bladder and bowel health
- Learn about interoception (Student Wellbeing Hub)
- Interoception daily activity list (A resource by Kelly Mahler, Occupational Therapist)
- The William Merritt Centre - provides information and advice about equipment, including wheelchairs/buggies, wheelchair-accessible vehicles, car seats, and car safety
- Downloadable reward charts (Twinkl)
- Downloadable 'now and next' boards (Twinkl)
- Downloadable smiley faces (Twinkl)
- Downloadable feelings page (Twinkl)
For professionals
- The Zones of Regulation - a curriculum available for settings that provides an easy way to think and talk about how we feel on the inside
- Sensory approaches (Royal College of Occupational Therapists)
